Bastille Day Concert with Le Jazz Hot

Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m. Mechanics’ Institute (57 Post St.) Dress up or down, or in tri-colour for this festive night of French Gypsy Jazz created by the guitarist Jean “D... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Foodwise Summer Bash

Sunday, July 10, 5:30 p.m. Ferry Building Celebrate our local farms and community while feasting on unlimited food and drink from the Bay Area’s beloved chefs and bartenders, all... Read More

Music

Basma Edrees & Ava Nazar | From Brahms to Piazzolla through Reza Vali

Sunday, July 17, 4 p.m. Old First Church (1751 Sacramento St.) & live stream This Juilliard-trained violin-piano Egyptian-Iranian duo focuses on the music of contemporary Irani... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Alice Waters: We Are What We Eat

Tuesday, July 12, 12:30 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (110 The Embarcadero) & Livestream In her recent book We Are What We Eat, Chez Pannisse founder Waters urges us to take up th... Read More

Child's Play

Bean Sprout Family Days

Tue.–Fri., 10 a.m.–2 p.m. & Saturdays, noon–4 p.m. Strybing Arboretum, S.F. Botanical Garden Enjoy nature crafts, garden care, outdoor games, and exploration in the Child... Read More

Nightlife

NightLife: Islas

Thursday, July 7, 15, & 22, 6–10 p.m. California Academy of Sciences Calling all kaibigan: tropic like it’s hot for a night dedicated to Filipino arts, culture, and science... Read More

Music

Golden Gate Jazz Festival

Fri.–Sun., July 22–24, Presidio Theatre (99 Moraga Ave.) This inaugural festival will feature three days of jazz and comedy with different performers each day. $85–$135, 415... Read More

Dance

RawDance: 5th Annual YBG ChoreoFest

Saturday, July, 23 & 30, 7 p.m. Yerba Buena Gardens See stellar local dance companies activating and enlivening the gardens with special site-specific performances. Free, 415-... Read More

Child's Play

Coventry & Kaluza

Friday, July 8, 11 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens Clown school sweethearts and graduates of the renowned Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus, Coven... Read More

Nightlife

After Dark: Shine

Thursday, July 28, 6 p.m. Exploratorium Illuminate the connections between art and science during a night devoted to shadow and light. Featuring a premiere performance by Facing We... Read More

Music

S.F. Symphony: An Evening with Bernadette Peters

Saturday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall One of Broadway’s brightest stars presents an evening of music from her Broadway shows and Grammy Award-winning albums, feat... Read More

Child's Play

Sundown Cinema: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Friday, July 29, 6:30–10 p.m. Marina Green Enjoy this screening with special performances from the S.F. Symphony and the Curran Theater’s Harry Potter & the Cursed Child. F... Read More

Film & Lectures

African Diaspora Film Club: Revolution from Afar

Saturday, July 9, noon–1 p.m. Livestream In this feature-length documentary in which Sudanese-American musicians and poets, gathering to perform in the United States, grapple wit... Read More

Film & Lectures

Tim Miller: Inside the New Republican Party

Monday, July 11, 6 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (110 The Embarcadro) “Why did normal people go along with the worst of Trumpism?” Join author-activist-consultant Tim Miller as he... Read More

Health & Wellness

An Expert’s Guide to Sleep

Friday, June 10, 7:30 p.m. Sydney Goldstein Theater (275 Hayes St.) Join Matt Walker, professor of neuroscience and psychology at U.C. Berkeley and the director of the Center for H... Read More

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